Some use them to keep a close watch on the demand for their line of work or gather information on compensation to arm themselves when negotiating for a raise.

有些人用它来密切关注自己所在行业的需求情况，或者收集有关薪酬的信息，以便在加薪谈判时为自己做好准备。

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The fate line begins close to the wrist.

命运线始于接近手腕处。

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Close to the California line, where the group stopped to bathe in a river, Noah, feeling he was a hindrance to the others, wandered away.

当他们接近加利福尼亚州的州界时，停下来在一条河里洗澡。诺亚觉得自己成了别人的一个累赘，就悄悄地溜走了。

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And they moved up the hill slowly, in a close group, not in a straight line.

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He's got to come forward and take the danger and take the blows and close the line.

他必须涉险向前,冒着枪林弹雨,去填补这一排的空缺

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On a line for sometime... and then it was close to the Soviet Union That's really suspicious to Washington.

有一段时间是同一战线的。,当时和苏联关系紧密,使得美国心生疑虑。

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The pressure also resulted in a converted penalty try on 13 minutes after Leinster collapsed the scrum close to the line.

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The Giants took the lead in the fourth minute when a fine run from Australian full-back Scott Hodgson which took him close to the line and Moore followed up to burrow over from close range.

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But, for people who are either now paying the alternative minimum tax or are close to the line, that advice could backfire.

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